The Purge

[tehblogger]

Blimey, they've been busy. 5 released.

-Shannon Moore
-Nunzio
-Domino
-James Curtis
-Referee Nick Patrick

Domino is no surprise. He's just been jobbing ever since his tag-team broke up. Moore does surprise me, considerinf he wasn't the one who tested positive...but then Yang is marginally the better wrestler, I suppose. He wasn't over anyway. Nunzio...well, I suppose this will mean Funaki will get more TV time jobbing. I didn't think Curtis was so poor; thought he could be an OK mid-card heel on ECW after seeing his match with Bourne.

What's the story with the referee? And why not Snitsky?

 

[TheSaint]

I agree completly, I think the biggest surprise from the 5 releases was Nick Patrick, wasnt he head referee on Smackdown? We never really got to see what James Curtis had to offer, but after watching his match with fellow released 'superstar' Braden Walker I dont think he had much to offer. Couldnt care for Domino or Nunzio but I thought Shannon was an alright wrestler, didnt like the tag team with Jimmy Wang Yang though I thought that was dumb. Also I dont expect this to be the last of the releases, I think there will be a couple more.

 

[klunderbunker]

Domino and Nunzio are no suprises at all. Nunzio I don't remember ever winning a match in WWE since he was cruiserweight champion. Domino is nothing without Deuce so I'd expect his partner gone soon. Nick Patrick is sort of a suprise as he's a long experienced referee, but then again, he's a referee so who cares. Moore and Curtis are a bit suprising. Curtis was the ECW jobber and was pretty good when he was in OVW. He was their TV champion for awhile there and I believe a tag champion as well. I guess he just wasn't progressing fast enough. Moore was good when he and Yang were challenging for the tag belts, but I suppose that just wasn't enough. He was an afterthought at best in WWE, and I guess 3 count won't be returning anytime soon.

 

[Shocky]

I can't say I'm truly surprised with any of these (Maybe Patrick, when did referees get on the chopping block?) I think the main word would be, disappointed.

It's a shame Shannon Moore never worked out. You'd figure with both the hardys at the ECW/Smackdown tapings, and a returning Gregory Helms that the fourth would be kept around. I've been a fan of Moore, he just is too small and has no mic ability that could save him.

The rest I could honestly care a less about. They were role players, nothing more. Here's to hoping Sparky Plugg is on this list by the end of the day.

 

[TheSaint]

It has now been announced that Big Daddy V has officially been released from WWE. V had previously been seen main eventing on the ECW brand, but has since been out of action due to a bad case of pneumonia.

Like I said in earlier post, I knew that wouldnt be the last of them. Cant say im surprised at this one either, he was never any good and they couldnt do much with him. Hope hes recovered from pneumonia tho, lol.

 

[klunderbunker]

Adding to the purge, BDV is gone as well. This makes sense to me, as he was almost a jobber anymore. It's hard to build him up as a star when he's tapping to Taker every week in and week out. I thought he was just going home to lose some weight which from a health perspective he desperately needed to do, but apparently that wasn't working out that well. He was never going to be a big deal in the company anyway, so I don't really see this being that big of a deal.

 

[Shocky]

so it continues

It has now been announced that Big Daddy V has officially been released from WWE. V had previously been seen main eventing on the ECW brand, but has since been out of action due to a bad case of pneumonia.

Now this, I can say I am shocked with. I'm guessing with Mark Henry on ECW that Big V gets the cut. Personally I never minded V, his man boobs are simply mesmerizing. I'm more shocked that the guy has been under contract since 93 or 94, and is finally released after this long....again, this opens the door for Sparky plugg.

 

[a7xoff]

Jeez add Big Daddy V to the list of the departed. Personally I'm not really surprised by any of these guys getting released with the exception of Shannon Moore. Last time I checked Moore and Yang were a pretty decent tag team, so there goes WWE cutting the tag team division again.

Big Daddy V I figured would be gone sooner or later since he's been out for a long, long time. Nick Patrick I can't figure out, I guess they don't need so many refs anymore?

Curtis, Nuzio, and Domino I'm not shocked at all about. I mean since breaking up D&D Domino has done nothing and really is not that good. Nuzio had not won a match in like a year and Curtis though good back in OVW was basically a jobber as well. WWE's just seemingly cutting some extra weight off of it to possibly bring in some fresh guys, or pay the vets even more... I hope it's the first...

 

[tehblogger]

What is this, the Night of the Long Knives?

Anyway, so far no complaints. Watching BDV's jiggly ass roll around the ring was positively sick-making. Seen one BDV match, you've seen 'em all. No more! He'd jobbed to Taker enough, and so his useful function was at an end. There wasn't much more he was good for. Not lamented. He, Khali, and Horny on the same show made Smackdown look like some revolting freak circus.

 

[EricChioda]

The main reason why Nick Patrick was released was because he more than likely asked for his release. for the past several years Patrick has had constant back problems and only a few years ago he got back surgery and the doctor messed it up and his back got worse. Since that 1st surgery he has had multiple other surgeries on his back trying repair it. Hentz the reason why he hasnt been refereeing for the past couple years.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

I dont understand why all this was necessary. The WWE needs jobbers, for enhancement, im not sure why guys who are genrally safe, technically sound workers get released. They have all done good to put others over. Especialy the likes of Domino, who I thought had a great look, good heel charisma, and sold well. Ad Big V is a huge suprise to me, as He is probably the best big guy they have behind Show, and Umaga.

Unless they are planning on regularly calling up local guys to job, I dont understand this. Pretty much everyone listed above has been on TV within the last month putting someone over. If they arent calling up locals like crazy, now everyone on the mid card wil have to job.

 

[DJ]

Shannon Moore

Wasted talent.They shoulda teamed him up with Helms in a sort of 3 count reunion.I really feel sorry for the dude......I bet the Hardys and Helms are pissed right now.

Nunzio

Damn,like Shannon wasted talent.Remember the FBI?He was the SHIT.And very funny.Rellik and Chucky P aren't doing much are they?Thought so.

Domino

Without Duece he was doomed from the start.The least surprisng release.

James Curtis

AKA ECW Jobber.Along with Domino this wasn't very surprising.

Nick Patrick

VERY Surprising.He was one of the lead refrees if memory serves me right.But then again refrees aren't that important........Theres not point in having people who simply count to 3.

Big Daddy V

The most surprising.He was off TV for ages to lose weight(Infact I heard he was on the biggest loser).I was sure he was going to get a bloody massive push when he returned in his silmer figure(lol)

Overall I think these were basic cuts-they each play are part but are not needed.I wouldn't be surprised to see a few more releases over the next few days.

 

[tnaistherevolution]

well i for one am surprised at the release of shannon moore. he's a good talent with pretty good wrestling ability. personally i hope he didn't burn the bridge with tna so i hope he goes there.

domino, nuzio, james, does not surprise me at all. they were all jobbers and didn't impress much. so im not sad that they were released.

Nick patrick, wats with that. i didn't know refs were so in jepordy of thier jobs. those guys are also part of the ring crew setting up and tearing down. i guess tna will pick him up like they did the hebners.

as for big daddy v, he just sucked in my eyes. he had very little (if not none) wrestling skill. he was god awful to look at and he was out for so long with pnemonia. i hope he gets better but no loss at all for wwe. i hope to hell that tna dont pick him up.

 

[Afro-Ameri-Spawn]

Blimey, they've been busy. 5 released.

-Shannon Moore
-Nunzio
-Domino
-James Curtis
-Referee Nick Patrick

Shannon Moore- No surprise here. The only reason why WWE wanted him was because TNA was about to put him into a big angle with AJ Styles and they didn't want another Christian situation occurring. I bet he wishes that he would have remained with TNA now huh? ROH might be an option for him but as far as his marketability in TNA, he burned them. And they won't forget that.

Nunzio- Am am really surprised here. Since signing with WWE, he has done everything asked of him and then some. I was hoping to have seen an FBI takeover in ECW with maybe a couple of up and commers by his side. Be the mouthpiece while helping keep a little classic comedy in the land of the hardcore, much in the way the Original FBI did in ECW. He will be coveted for indy bookings because of his name. But he probably won't end up in TNA or ROH.

Domino- The man hasn't won a singles match ever I think. Especially since breaking up the team. With his look, I was sure that he would get at least another partner or a midcard push, but I it's not in the books for him. it must help to be the Son of Jimmy Snuka as second gen wrestlers seem to be all the rage these days.

James Curtis- When he was brought up before, I kinda liked the team he was in with Idol Stevens. They reminded me of the old barn storming teams of the AWA, except alot more skill. I often wondered what would happen if his last tag team was brought up from OVW. I think they were mildly entertaining. Unfortunately, he never became a factor on ECW tv. He could have always been used as "talent enhancement", but I guess that's just not cost effective.

Nick Patrick- Now this is the one that surprises me the most. Nick Patrick is a consummate professional and has been highly reguarded as being one of the best referees in the business. You would think that the WWE would need guys like this to help train younger referees, but I guess not. Of all of the guys cut, he will the best chance of getting work from TNA. And I do so hope that they pick him up as he will only help to improve the product.

Later Cut

Big Daddy V- He's a big man. Something that Vince McMahon likes. He more than likely will end up back in WWE if he loses a little weight. But I don't forsee him getting contract offers from TNA. There just aren't any guys on their roster than can pick him up, other than Abyss. So it's not worth it to even give him a look.

 

[Afro-Ameri-Spawn]

We'll probably have elijah burke, boogey man, foley, holly, and the highlanders on that list too.

I don't forsee Burke being cut. he's too hard a worker and too talented on the mic for them to just give him to TNA like that. They will hold on to him for the same reason that they signed Moore, out of spite.

 

[My$terio_Fan]

WWE is getting rid of some dead weight but are they really getting rid of the right dead weight. First Shannon Moore is a pretty decent wrestler and him & Wayne's tag team were over and one of the only tag teams left so now the tag division dies a little moore. Nunzio was a good jobber & Domino should have stayed with Deuce. The only one I'm somewhat disapointed got the axe is Moore because I like him. WWE should be getting rid of useless crap like Snitsky, Hornswoggle(although over....he is not right for wrestling) Knox, and Holly. In the end it's not like anyone real important got booted...yet anyways.

 

[Dead Kennedy]

Jesus, I thought cutback session was back in January. Either way, most of these releases aren't surprised or much to care about. Moore was fun when he teamed together with Jimmy Yang, but as a singles star he was not ever much of a jobber. That or Matt Hardy's cabana boy.

Domino was pretty much a dead cert. I don't see why Deuce didn't get blammed at the same time though - they're roughly the same characters with the same mat skills, that is to say - nothing special. I guess it's because he's the Superfly's adoptive son or whatsis. Still, I think WWE aren't gonna do much with him so I don't think it's gonna be that long until Deuce goes as well. Nunzio was a bit of a surprise. He's a hard worker, and although he's a jobber, he's pretty good at it. I like the guy. If the Cruiserweight Title wasn't removed, he'd still be of use. But, he's had his run and I enjoyed it. I wish him luck.

Nobody cares about James Curtis. Seriously. Was he that K.C. James guy from a couple years back? Nobody cares. I didn't even know he had a contract. Still room for a few more to go, though. Nobody but Vince likes Snitsky, for example. Why couldn't Vince have normal sexual preferences?

Big Daddy V was a bit of a surprise for me, considering Vince and his aforementioned fetish for big guys. Not sad to see him go one bit, although I must say the Big Daddy V character was his best one. But once you've seen Mabel and Viscera, anything is preferential. Good luck with the 1000+ pounds weight loss, Big D.

No big surprises, although I thought Shannon Moore was pretty tight with Matt and Jeff. I guess that doesn't matter much once Vinnie Mac fetches his old cutback axe. Still a bit surprised not to see Bob Holly here though. PLEASANTLY surprised.

 

[OIL]

VERY Surprising.He was one of the lead refrees if memory serves me right.But then again refrees aren't that important........Theres not point in having people who simply count to 3.

The ref does more than count to 3. They're one of the most important people. If the wrestlers can't communicate with eachother for whatever reason to tell them what the next few moves will be, the ref does it. The ref tells them when to finish the match, passes along blades when juicing is needed.


With regard to the people who were released, they all deserved to be released. They were only there to job, and while jobbers are needed, all of these wrestlers must have taken up quite a bit on the wage bill, which will now be trimmed. Creatively, none of them had anything lined up, and they wouldn't even make it to the mid-card scene due others taking going up instead of them.

Good move by WWE.

 

[CaseyisBA52'sGFnow]

I'm a little disapointed with the release of Shannon Moore. I realy thought he had a future in the WWE as a tag team wrestler or if they would bring back the cruiserwieght division he would have been a perfect champ. Chances are now he'll go to TNA and compete in the X divison or Tag division. As for the rest of the wrestlers who was released , i could realy care less.

 

[hhhfan14]

ok,i guess we may be seein ecw go offline, and we may have no jobbers, i still feel as if there may be even more releases to come. i, like most, am not really surprised with most of em, but what i really dont understand is the shannon moore, let me guess, TNA HERE HE COMES...AGAIN, lol, but nah, he could have been awsome as a top ecw star in my opionon, duece and domino go bye, but they may keep cherry, and the only one beside shanoon that im confused about is head reef, why release a ref, oh yeah i forget, bucese vince is so stupid, that he is losin money, so he is gonna have to do some cutbacks on contracts, and to do so is havin to get rid of people to pay, lol.

 

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

These things came out of freaking NOWHERE lol.

Big Daddy V - Ok, this one didn't. Still, he was sent home to lose weight, right? I guess he refused to do so (or couldn't). He's been in the company for a long time now, though, and usually they like to keep those guys around. Maybe this was just the final straw, and he simply won't be losing any weight, so they decided to trim the fat (ok ok I couldn't resist hahaha) and cut him loose. Still, I thought that they were going to use him to replace Khali after this report that he pretty much doesn't have a leg to stand on (ok I couldn't resist again) anymore in the WWE. A thinner, leaner BDV would've made a decent monster. At least we have the very talented Umaga to take the reigns.

Nick Patrick - Don't really care...but its still a little odd when a ref is released. Won't cripple the business, though, by any means.

Shannon Moore - This was the most confusing one to me. He was just on tonight's Smackdown, getting in some heavy offense! I hope they resign him, as he's a talented guy. He might not be world title material, but he would've at least made a decent midcarder. Plus, he and Jimmy Wang Yang added another team to the tag title division, which is just getting worse by the minute. Newest acquisition for TNA? I wouldn't doubt it.

Nunzio - Can't say I'm too shocked. I've never seen this guy win a match. Still, they could've sent him down to FCW to help train guys.

Domino - Little confused as to why he's released when he was more talented than Deuce is. Bound for TNA's tag team or X-Division?

James Curtis - Was he even signed officially? Shame, too, because he has more talent (it seems) than Ortiz does.


ON THE LOOKOUT: Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Charlie Haas, Paul London, Chuck Palumbo, Snitsky, Deuce, Bob Holly, Highlanders, Val Venis, Carlito, Kenny Dykstra, Funaki, Super Crazy, D.H. Smith, Elijah Burke, Bam Neely, Ricky Ortiz, Stevie Richards, and The Boogeyman

These guys seem in danger right now.

 

[Magicana]

ON THE LOOKOUT: Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Charlie Haas, Paul London, Chuck Palumbo, Snitsky, Deuce, Bob Holly, Highlanders, Val Venis, Carlito, Kenny Dykstra, Funaki, Super Crazy, D.H. Smith, Elijah Burke, Bam Neely, Ricky Ortiz, Stevie Richards, and The Boogeyman

These guys seem in danger right now.

Of those, the ones who are in the most danger and Haas, London, Chuck, Highlanders, Carlito, Dykstra, Smith.

Jim Duggan is a long term veteran who would be doing work behind the scene's, Snitsky is a big guy who Vince likes, Deuce is the adopted son of a legend, Bob Holly get's on well with Vince, Val Venis has a behind the scenes role, Funaki has a behind the scene's role, and I don't know about the others.

 

[chasingamy]

What is this Black Friday in the WWE? I called Big Daddy V being released three weeks ago so no surprise and no loss there. I am surprised by the other cuts though seeing as how Curtis, Domino, Moore, and Nunzio have all been used in recent weeks (unlike say Boogeyman, Kenny Dykstra, Val Venis, Hardcore Holly, and Chuck Palumbo, some haven’t been seen or used in months). These four guys were still serving a purpose (jobbing) at least.

I occasionally saw brief flashes of potential in James Curtis. Just the other week, I was thinking they should give this guy Ortiz’s push. He’d been used very sparingly over the year on ECW so I doubt anyone will notice let alone miss him.

I’m a little disappointed to see Nunzio go. He’s been around awhile so he’s a likeable, familiar face. He did his job (pun intended) well. He’s a talented guy; he put on a really good match with Bourne a couple weeks back. And I never once heard a bad thing said about the guy.

I don’t have any feelings one way or the other about Domino’s departure. For the sake of the tag division, I had hoped Domino could have been repackaged and re-partnered. I don’t see why he couldn’t continue jobbing on Smackdown though. Not all jobbers have to be small and weak.

Shannon Moore is the biggest shock of all. Of those released thus far, I think he had the most potential. The Redneck and Reject team gave us some good tag matches. And he got a decent crowd reaction which is more than the other four can say.

 

[EricChioda]

People who think that Nick Patrick will head to TNA....NO HE IS NOT! Like i stated earlier, Partrick as sever back problems and is physically unable to work/referee. Hentz the reason why he has not been on TV, PPV or HOUSE SHOWS in the past couple years. Im willing to bet he asked for his release if anything since he physically cant perform his job.

 

[tehblogger]

Actually, I sorta retract what I said about Moore earlier. He did get decent crowd reactions. He and Yang were a good tag-team who worked well with each and with their opponents. I just watched his last match against Hawkins and Ryder, which was a good one, and it's a shame WWE are letting this athletic young guy go. Best of luck to him in whatever he does next. The tag-team division is definitely weakened.